Providence hospital studying yoga’s role in slowing brain decline

It is “recruiting people with mild cognitive disorder” to study whether yoga can improve their condition. “Yoga is an ancient practice known to improve mental, spiritual and physical well-being among its practitioners”, a Hospital release says.

Led by Dr. Geoffrey Tremont, Neuropsychology Director at Rhode Island Hospital, the study will direct patients through a 12-week, twice-weekly yoga regimen. He hopes to enroll 70 patients in the study of yoga’s role in improving “cognitive conditions among people diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment”. “The yoga program involves meditation, physical postures, breathing exercises and relaxation”, release says and adds, “Yoga has benefits for a variety of medical and psychiatric conditions”.